By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Not saying that it will happen — not even that it might. But if you don’t watch the confluence of events in Syria, you’ll miss the possibility that it could. Now that Washington is finished with last summer’s Elizabeth O’Bagy kerfuffle over the percentage of the Syrian opposition comprising jihadist militias, […]
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Those of you still cheering the Obama-Kerry foreign policy have a new and even more dramatic reason to applaud. They have succeeded in creating an alliance that might solve all the problems of the Middle East: between Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. It may not be what was intended, but amateurs occasionally
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIran could build nuclear bomb within one month, report says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) As of today, Iran could produce a sufficient quantity of uranium for a nuclear bomb by using its installed centrifuges and low enriched uranium stockpiles in as little as one month, a report by the U.S. Institute for Science and
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InternationalBy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — The war in Iraq is over. After all of the American sacrifices, and despite the hope for a peaceful and democratic Iraq, sectarian killing of innocent people has become a frequent and sadly familiar issue in the news. Recent history presents the following lesson: When a dictatorship falls, different
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Arkady Mamaysky, International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–If you are not yawning now, you will if you reach the end of this column. The topic is the local authorities of Israel, and the recent election, which in almost all of the cases said to be controversial by excited media personalities turnout was low and incumbents returned to office.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastHezbollah-bound missiles reportedly bombed by Israel Air Force (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israel Air Force once again prevented a shipment of advanced missiles to Hezbollah along the Syrian-Lebanese border, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida reported on Wednesday. The newspaper quoted a senior Israeli security source as saying that on Monday, Israeli warplanes targeted a
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InternationalBy Steve Kramer JERUSALEM — Jerusalem is the unique capital of the Jewish state. Palestinian demands to proclaim Jerusalem their capital, entirely or partly, are spurious. I believe that the only reason that Palestinians insist on this is to delegitimize Jewish rights to our 3,000 year old capital and our country. My argument: the Palestinians
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Middle East, Steve KramerTexas A&M to open campus in Nazareth (JNS.org) Texas A&M University will open a campus in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth in about a year, Israel Hayom reported. Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel. Education Minister Shay Piron said he hoped the new campus would become an alternative for Israeli Arabs who
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Years ago, Grandma told me, for the nth time, that God helps them who help themselves. It’s a message she should have directed to the Palestinians, as well as to her lazy grandson. Once more, the Palestinians are blaming others for their problems, while their most obvious roads to progress remain unused.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIran nuclear program has seen hundredfold increase in centrifuges since 2006, Netanyahu says (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting during his Sunday cabinet meeting on last week’s nuclear talks in Geneva, noted that the Iran nuclear program has seen more than a hundredfold increase in centrifuges since 2006. “We must not forget that the
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir After months of indecision and several scandals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid decided today (20 Oct.) to appoint Dr. Karnit Flug as Governor of the Bank of Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister Lapid said, “We have been impressed by Dr. Flug’s performance as Acting Governor in
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro visited last Thursday (Oct. 17th) the terror tunnel uncovered by the IDF. He was taken on a tour of the tunnel network by Brig. Gen. Mickey Edelstein, Commander of the Gaza Division. “Even though I have seen the photos of the tunnel in the papers, the
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel is a nuisance, and its Prime Minister the nuisance in chief, known for pompous talks at the United Nations, lecturing to the President of the United States about what is appropriate for both their countries, and reminding the world of Iranian perfidy while virtually all others are praising the openness of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIran sanctions lightening mulled by U.S. after Geneva talks (JNS.org) Following nuclear talks in Geneva, the Obama Administration is considering to lighten Iran sanctions by offering the Islamic Republic access to billions of dollars in frozen assets overseas in exchange for compliance with American requests to scale back its nuclear program, the New York Times
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